Thursday, February 2, 2012

Here's the text of the Emergency Rule (thanks Phillip!). It turns out that I was right. It doesn't just "waive the fee" like the Journal Sentinel article implied. Rather, it creates a new class of "Brewer" called "Recipe Brewer". So, Buffalo Water, Furthermore, etc. are no longer wholesalers, but instead will distribute under a state Brewers License as a Recipe Brewer. It's not entirely clear how this plays with the fact that these "breweries" can't get federally licensed as breweries, but can be Brewers in the State.
723 Proposed Order (Emergency - V2)